The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-16

Theatre, Hurley, Wisconsin, on The
evening of the 9th, and destroyed that
building and the business section o.
the town. Seventeen persons persisted
in the theatre, which was a disreput-
able resort. The loss on property !!
estimated at $500, 900. A fire in Rel
ser's saloon, on Milwaukee avenue.
Chicago, on the 10th, caused a loss of
$4,000. Mrs. Reiser was dangerously
if not fatally injured by jumping
from a second-story window. Stuart's
drug store and Koppe's dry goods
store, In Bryan, Texas, were burned
on the afternoon of the 10th, and an
adjoining property was damaged.
Loss, $4,000.
The discovery of gold-bearing
quartz on the Lake Superior Iron Com
pany's lands, six miles northwest OF
Ishpennig, Michigan, was reported
a year ago. Recently al exploration
was made, which resulted in the find
ing of ian eight-inch vein of quartzite
carrying free gold In immense quanti-
ties" The ore was taken to Ishpen-
ming and assayed. cit was found to
be fabulously rich in the precious
metal. When the quartz is broken the
gold will hold 1t together"
"A flow of natural gas was struk on
the Kanawha river. eight miles above
Charleston, West Virginia, on the 7th.
The gas was struck at q depth of 1900
feet.
The health authorities of st. Louis
have ascertained that the cows in the
infected dairy of Henry Vessels died
of peri.pneumonla, not pleuro-pneu-
monia. The disease is much more
serious than the ordinary Texas fever.
The real car of an express train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad ran off the
track at Altoona on the morning of the
9th, and two of the passengers, Mrs.
Louis Dencler and her four-year-old
daughter, were injured. Their injuries
are said not to be dangerous.
Three boys, whose ages ranged
from 10 to u years, were drowned
while bathing at Calais, Nam, on the
afternoon of the 9th.
The steamer Merrimac, from Hall
fax for Boston. is ashore on Little
Hope Island, on the Nova Scotia coast,
and will be q total loss. She is a new
iron steamer of yer 2000 tons and has
a miscellaneous cargo. Her passengers,
100 in number, all got safely ashore.
A trestle bridge In the course of
erection on the Illinois Central Rail-
road near Lombard, a suburb of Chi
cago. collapsed on the evening of the
9th, killing Charles Clark, of Chicago,
and Joseph fox, of Oswego, New
York. FOx's son Edward was fatally
injured.
Hong DI, a Chinaman, employed
as a servant by Mrs. Billion, at st.
John, California, some time ago fired
at the family while they were at sup
per, wounding William Weaver, head
servanF.xa2d killing Mrs. Billion. The
murderer was tried at COlusa, and on
the 9th the jury found him guilty and
fixed the penalty at imprisonment for
life. The Judge refused to accept the
decision, and u wild scene occurred in
the court room Nearly every man
present was armed, and T~eyolvers were
drawn, amid cries of Lynch him"
The sheriff Quilted the crowd and re-
moved the prisoner to the jail. After
midnight the Jail was stOrmed by a
mob and the 8 was taken to the
bridge and lynched. Private Doty, of
the Second Illinois Regiment, was
found UNCONSCIOUS on the public square
in Springfield, Illinois, on the 10th.
He was fatally injured from a fracture
of the skull and a kick i'll the abdomen.
1t is believed he quarrelled with a man
in the street. On the evening of the
10th a l6~-year-old boy, named Potter,
left POrtia, Arkansas, to tide home i'll
company with a man named Lester.
When they got on the outskirts of the
town Potter drew a pistol and de-
manded Testers money. Lester
handed over $3.50. at the same time
he drew a revolver and shot Potter.
at the same time Potter fired, severely
wounding Lester.
The military investigation as 70
the cause of the ire in the Citadel at
Quebec has just been finished. The
only thing known of Its origin Is that
it started in a quantity of straw Just
inside the stable door, which was lest
open on account of the hot weather.
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considered the powder magazine both
fire and bomb proof, and the panic
caused by fears of an explosion entirely
uncalled for. Both the walls and roof
consist of masonry six feet thick. A
fire in Memphis, Tennessee, On the
afternoon of the 18th, destroyed the
upper portion of the stores of +.
OZanpe IL Co. and an adjoining build
ing, causing a loss Of $50, 900. Fire
broke out On the evening of the llth
in the Otto Colliery of the Reading
Company at B~ranchdale, near Potts
Vile, and spread rapidly. Sixteen
mules persisted. 1t is said that ever
if the fire be eXtinguished the collieTy
cannot be again worked this year.
About 200 hands are thrown out of
work.
The bodies of the six miners re-
naming imprisoned in the Best " Bel
cher mines at Virginia City, Nevada,
were found OF the morning Of the 10th
and brought to the surface.
During the fourth race at Brigh-
ton Beach, New York, on the 1lth,
coming by the stand the first time,
jessie ltli. d|nueCLltnt vent over
her and Thomasia rolled over the two.
Chandler, who rode Wanderment, es-
capped unhurt. Koerber, on Jessie,
broke his left arm, and Harris,
Thomasia's jockey, bit his tongue in
twain. fractured his skull, had his jaw
broken, and sustained internal injur-
les. He is not expected TO survive.
Miss Viola Meets committed sui
eide at her home in Graham county,
North Carolina, on the Sd inst, the
day liked for her marriage, because her
father threatened to kill John Am
mons, to whom she was engaged, If he
appeared on the premises
Fourteen bodies have thus far been
recovered from the ruins of the Alca-
a Theatre at Hurley, Wisconsin.
Three persons were fatally injured by
jumping from the upper story of the
building, making the total list Of ia
talities by the IRE II. The total loss is
now estimated at $3.50, 900 aud the in
surance about So, 900. Five blocks,